Ask Martin: Transitioning Into the Spade Bit

[@DeniseinFlorida]

Good stuff!!!!!

[@millsix999]

Yeah, the horse can use “his tongue to keep the pressure off” - but, once you put a “signal” on your reins, ANY AMOUNT, the spade will dig into the roof of the mouth. Ever stood next to a vet when they examine the injuries that can result from that? Invisible, unless YOU LOOK AT THE ROOF of the mouth. HAS TO STOP.

[@gerrycoleman7290]

No bits of any kind. Instead of going from 2+ years of incremental training with a traditional hackamore, then to a spade bit, forget tradition and get more fine tuned by going from the traditional hackamore to rope halter to neck rope, to no head or neck gear.